ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 87900
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 June 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | Heli-Track Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-HJF |
| MSN: | 36-0482 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Waioeka Gorge, Bay of Plenty 3 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Opotki | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Aircraft was returning to Opotiki after carrying out deer hunting operations in the Urewera National Park. Flying down the Waioeka Gorge when it hit an overhead power wire in the Wairata area and crashed into the Waioeka River. The pilot escaped but the passenger drowned.
Accident/incident investigated by TAIC NZ. Pilot: Nicholas Clouston Barrow.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. AHSNZ, 1984, Journal Vol 27 No 3.
3. NZ MOT OAAI Aircraft Accident Report No 84-064.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 November 1985 | ZK-HJF | S C Singleton | Ruatoria, East Coast | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 14:00 | ASN archive | |
| 16-May-2018 05:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2018 00:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2021 02:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 11-Feb-2022 05:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Feb-2022 03:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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